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Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
My research interests include algorithms, data structures, and computational biology. I have done work on pure algorithms, graph theory, algorithms for RNA, and AI/ML.
Biography
I received my PhD from UWA in 2019. Then, I worked at Google until 2021 afterwhich I took postdocs at the University of Adelaide and later at Harvard University. Now, I am a Lecturer at UWA.
External positions
Research Fellow, Harvard University
… → 1 Dec 2022
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Hardening Active Directory Graphs via Evolutionary Diversity Optimization-based Policies
Goel, D., Ward, M., Neumann, A., Neumann, F., Nguyen, H. & Guo, M., 29 Aug 2025, In: ACM Transactions on Evolutionary Learning and Optimization. 5, 3, 36 p., 19.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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JAX-RNAfold: scalable differentiable folding
Krueger, R. K. & Ward, M., 1 May 2025, In: Bioinformatics. 41, 5, 5 p., btaf203.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Machine learning reveals novel targets for both glioblastoma and osteosarcoma
Li, N., Ward, M., Bashir, M., Cao, Y., Datta, A., Li, Z. & Zhang, S., 1 Mar 2025, In: Heliyon. 11, 5, 9 p., e42997.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
memerna: Sparse RNA Folding Including Coaxial Stacking
Courtney, E., Datta, A., Mathews, D. & Ward, M., 1 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Molecular Biology. 437, 3, 168819.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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MRNA folding algorithms for structure and codon optimization
Ward, M., Richardson, M. & Metkar, M., Jul 2025, In: Briefings in Bioinformatics. 26, 4, 16 p., bbaf386.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access
Datasets
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RNAometer
Krueger, R. (Creator), Aviran, S. (Creator), Mathews, D. (Creator), Zuber, Z. (Creator) & Ward, M. (Creator), Zenodo, 12 Mar 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15009795, https://zenodo.org/records/15009795
Dataset
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Personalised mRNA cancer vaccines
Rwandamuriye, F. (Investigator 01), Creaney, J. (Investigator 02), Fox, A. (Investigator 03), Redwood, A. (Investigator 04) & Ward, M. (Investigator 05)
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Computational Creativity to Cross Cultural Frontiers
Eshraghian, J. (Investigator 01), Bennamoun, M. (Investigator 02), Dwivedi, G. (Investigator 03) & Ward, M. (Investigator 04)
Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
10/01/22 → 10/01/24
Project: Research